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Weekly Wrap-Up: Oct 19 – Oct 25

This Week’s Wrap-Up [20 Oct] Sneak Peek for Starling House ★★★½[21 Oct] As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow ★★★½[22 Oct] Play Nice ★★★★½[23 Oct] The Mother Road ★★★½[24 Oct] Too Old for This ★★★★[25 Oct] Where You’re Planted ★★★★[26 Oct] [title] Books Featured This Week Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace on September 30, […]

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Book of the Month November 2025

Quizlit’s Book of the Month November 2025 is the amazing The Director by Daniel Kehlmann. A visionary tale inspired by the life of the 20th century film director G.W. Pabst This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Book of the Month November 2025 The Director […]

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The Calash by Nikolai Gogol

The Calash by Nikolai Gogol was published in 1836. It was included in his collection Taras Bulba and Other Tales. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Calash by Nikolai Gogol The Calash by Nikolai Gogol The town of B—— had become very lively […]

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Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney

Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney on July 8, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Women Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Single mom Tansy Perkins only has room in her life for her daughter and her library. And maybe the next book to […]

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King Sorrow by Joe Hill

Joe Hill returns to the horror landscape with King Sorrow, a sprawling gothic nightmare that asks a deceptively simple question: What would you sacrifice to save yourself? The answer, as six college students discover one frigid Maine winter, is far more complicated—and infinitely more horrifying—than they could imagine. Set against the backdrop of Rackham College […]

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STARRED Book Review: The Ten Thousand Things

The Ten Thousand Things by Debbi Flittner Genre: Memoir ISBN: 9798992424218 Print Length: 290 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Lauren Hayataka A moving transformation of silence into memory and art “How can I make sense of my early life, a time of turmoil that I often feel but don’t clearly remember?” So begins Debbi Flittner’s […]

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Book Review: Byline Budapest by Diane Wagner

Byline Budapest by Diane Wagner Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Historical ISBN: 9798999326317 Print Length: 360 pages Amazon Reviewed by Eric Mayrhofer A post-WWII story with a clear sense of history and some truly thrilling scenes With Diane Wagner’s Byline Budapest, readers can relax, confident that they’re in the hands of a gifted storyteller. […]

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Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing on August 12, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Crime, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense Pages: 400 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads Samantha Downing delivers a wickedly clever and darkly funny thriller in Too Old for This, where the unlikeliest of serial […]

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The Things Gods Break by Abigail Owen

Abigail Owen delivers a devastating follow-up to The Games Gods Play with The Things Gods Break, the second installment in The Crucible series that plunges readers into the darkest depths of Tartarus while exploring the complexities of love, time, and divine manipulation. This is mythology romance that refuses to play by conventional rules, weaving together […]

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Book Review: The Awakened Body

The Awakened Body by Ray Walker Genre: Memoir / Health & Dieting ISBN: 9798891328174 Print Length: 232 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth Reiser An inspirational memoir about a health scare that sparks major change Ray Walker was no stranger to weight loss gimmicks and fad diets; she had tried them all. […]